Originally posted by @dj2beckerIs it about Matthew 27:51–53 ?
By the way if your interest is genuine I think you would have taken a look at this link when I posted it a while ago:
http://www.gracechapelsomd.org/books/The_New_Evidence_That_Demands_A_Verdict.pdf
Did you actually even bother to have a look at it? If so, do you have any comments about it?
Originally posted by @fmf<<It's not that I cannot give you one specific example; it's this: I am not interested in discussing it with you.>>
It's not that I "cannot".
For example, I have spoken at length about it to hundreds of people in a room on more than one occasion and I have started countless threads about it here in this community and there have been "specific examples" of why I no longer think the Bible is a reliable historical record to support the key claims that underpin Christianity ...[text shortened]... cannot give you one specific example; it's this: I am not interested in discussing it with you.
You use this cop out much too often. So often, it’s obvious what you’re doing.
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Originally posted by @fmfHundreds of people in a room? Didn't know the atheist club meetings were that big. Have you ever shared this in a venue where people can challenge what you are saying? Or do you always leave the podium with a standing ovation?
It's not that I "cannot".
For example, I have spoken at length about it to hundreds of people in a room on more than one occasion and I have started countless threads about it here in this community and there have been "specific examples" of why I no longer think the Bible is a reliable historical record to support the key claims that underpin Christianity ...[text shortened]... cannot give you one specific example; it's this: I am not interested in discussing it with you.
Originally posted by @dj2beckerAnd not only hundreds of people in a room but on more than one occasion.
Hundreds of people in a room? Didn't know the atheist club meetings were that big. Have you ever shared this in a venue where people can challenge what you are saying?
That must have been quite the multi-engagement attraction - FMF discussing why he’s an atheist. Get your tickets early; limited seating available!
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Originally posted by @romans1009Must either be a very big room or the people were kids. Or maybe it was a chat room?
And not only hundreds of people in a room but on more than one occasion.
That must have been quite the multi-engagement attraction - FMF discussing why he’s an atheist. Get your tickets early; limited seating available!
Originally posted by @romans1009Yes, it's obvious that I am not interested in discussing something as personal as my loss of faith with you - a person who posts like an obnoxious child day in day out - and who has repeatedly called me a liar for claiming that I used to have that faith. You reap what you sow. You have missed your opportunity to talk to this ex-Christian about such things. That should be what's obvious to you.
<<It's not that I cannot give you one specific example; it's this: I am not interested in discussing it with you.>>
You use this cop out much too often. So often, it’s obvious what you’re doing.
Originally posted by @romans1009And there you are, at the same times as all this kind of stuff, you are asking me to have enough respect for you to discuss personal details about my loss of faith to you.
And not only hundreds of people in a room but on more than one occasion.
That must have been quite the multi-engagement attraction - FMF discussing why he’s an atheist. Get your tickets early; limited seating available!
Originally posted by @dj2beckerI guess you've never been to a seminar or retreat where people who are struggling with their faith join with people who are not, and, together, try to iron things out.
Hundreds of people in a room? Didn't know the atheist club meetings were that big. Have you ever shared this in a venue where people can challenge what you are saying? Or do you always leave the podium with a standing ovation?
Originally posted by @dj2beckerAnd you think these things, so what?
Rooms don't generally accommodate hundreds of people. Halls or auditoriums generally do. Unless of course you are talking about a chat room.
Originally posted by @fmfI have never “repeatedly called (you) a liar.” That is a lie. I questioned - twice - your claim of having been a Christian for 30 years after you said Christianity was people talking about themselves and what Jesus’ life meant. My questioning of whether you really were a Christian was sincere in that you said nothing about God or the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in defining what you thought Christianity was.
Yes, it's obvious that I am not interested in discussing something as personal as my loss of faith with you - a person who posts like an obnoxious child day in day out - and who has repeatedly called me a liar for claiming that I used to have that faith. You reap what you sow. You have missed your opportunity to talk to this ex-Christian about such things. That should be what's obvious to you.
The only other time I questioned whether you were in fact a Christian for 30 years was when you made several elementary errors about the Bible. I then began to wonder if your claim of being a Christian for 30 years was as truthful as Ghost’s claim of having a theology degree but making frequent blunders about elementary facts in and about the Bible.
Originally posted by @fmfBecker asked you to discuss it; not me. I just pointed out that you frequently use the same cop out when your back’s against a wall.
And there you are, at the same times as all this kind of stuff, you are asking me to have enough respect for you to discuss personal details about my loss of faith to you.